The Eastern Ontario regional finals of the Scott FireFit Championships,a competition based on firefighting tasks commonly performed in emergency situations, took place at Place d’Orléans, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014. The competition started in Vancouver in 1994 and has grown in popularity over the past 20 years and has spread right across Canada.

Longueuil Fire Department’s Claude Belanger, L, and Hamilton Fire’s Justin Couperus, R, pull a hose up the tower during the Firefit Challenge in Orleans on Saturday, August 23, 2014.

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Ottawa Citizen

A firefigher is seen competing behind a wall of water during the Firefit Challenge in Orleans on Saturday, August 23, 2014.

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Ottawa Citizen

A shirt worn at the Firefit Challenge in Orleans on Saturday, August 23, 2014.

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Ottawa Citizen

Hamilton Fire Department’s Justin Couperus celebrates a time of 1:15:120 for first place in the individual competition at the Firefit Challenge in Orleans on Saturday, August 23, 2014.

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